Category Archives: HAPPY WEDNESDAY
WHAT KEEPS HORSE RACING ENTERTAINING (EVEN THE GOOFY STUFF)
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Happy Wednesday night was more like a celebration party after the success of HKIR week- a time to just chill and go with the flow. Many did at Adrenaline. We’d never seen anything like it before … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN SIZE, NASH RAWILLER, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Adrenaline, Brett Prebble, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Lor, happy wednesday, HKIR, HKJC, hong kong horse racing, Joao Moreira, Jockey Challenge, Mick Kinane, Umberto Rispoli, Zac Purton
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THE BUSINESS OF HORSE RACING AND GOING AFTER THE SAME CONSUMER DOLLAR
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk We’re coming to the end of 2017, and the next year doesn’t offer much hope for many industries that have coasted on their respective gravy trains without reading the tea leaves and seeing what the future … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry
Tagged business, content, creativity, customer-centric, disney, Eracing, executive, happy wednesday, HK Racing, HKJC, Horse racing, Jack Ma, marketing, mcdonald's, merchandising, simonfuller, Trip Advisor, Twitter
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IT’S HKIR WEEK…AND THEY’RE OFF TONIGHT ON THIS HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Golf balls might be whacked around in tournaments, the first E Prix took place here over the weekend where a good time was had by all despite the winner being disqualified, but despite most not growing … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Beer Garden, happy wednesday, HKIJC, HKIR, HKJC, Hong Kong, hong kong horse racing, International Jockeys Championship, Joao Moreira, Leandro Henrique, Longines Hong Kong International Races, Sylvestre de Sousa
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AND WHAT IS A HAPPY WEDNESDAY? ALL THIS AND MORE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk For an eight race card on a pretty grey evening on Wednesday night, turnover of over HK$1.2m- an increase of over 10 percent from the same meeting last year- and attendance of over 20,000 might be … Continue reading
CONQUERING HORSE RACING’S GREAT DIVIDE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s been asked here before and it will keep being asked as time is running out: Why can’t horse racing, meaning racing clubs, attract good creative talent- creative in all its many ways where management and … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
Tagged ALAN AITKEN, happy wednesday, HKJC, Hong Kong, Horse racing, Joao Moreira, Karis Teetan, Robyn Louw, TOMMY BERRY, Winx
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FASHIONISTAS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE HAPPY WEDNESDAY BRAND CONTINUES…
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk First there was the Beer Garden. Of course, before everything, there was Happy Valley racecourse and the horse racing, but that Beer Garden became an oasis- a magnet for food, fun and thundering hooves that brought … Continue reading
HAPPY WEDNESDAY AND THE RACE CREATED TO DERAIL THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk What always makes me queasy is when the Racing Twitterverse led by the usual cheerleaders in Hong Kong jump the gun and over-hype horses and, sometimes, new riding talent. Over the years, we’ve seen it with … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Amazing Star, Danny Shum, Divine Calling, Fred Kersley, Karis Teetan, Kei Chiong, Matthew Chadwick, Pakistan Star, racing twitterverse, Redkirk Warrior, Ricky Yiu
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THE NUDGE NUDGE WINX WINX ISSUE FOR SUNDAY AT SHA TIN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Still thinking of that absolutely devastating win by Winx in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington yesterday? What we shouldn’t forget is just how privileged we are to have been able to see the long string of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, FELIX COETZEE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged BRENTON AVDULLA, Chris Caserta, CHRIS WALLER, Damian Lane, Dutch Windmill, Edward Sadler, Felix Coetzee, Flemington, happy valley, HUGH BOWMAN, Jamie Kah, Jason Collett, Jeff Lloyd, Joao Moreira, Kerrin McEvoy, Mark Zahra, Raymond Thomas, Silent Witness, Stephen Baster, TIM CLARK, Turnbull Stakes, Tye Angland, Winx
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OUR HAPPY THURSDAY OKTOBERFEST WUNDERBAR PRESSIE LAST NIGHT AT HAPPY VALLEY: A $16,000 TREBLE FOR AN OUTLAY OF $180!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk R6: 1-3-4 HEROIC GURU (1) STAR MAJESTIC (3) Won at $35 RAZOR QUEST (4)
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